Name that Tech Tune: ID the instrument playing this song

We’re back with another installment of our Name that Tech Tune challenge, with a different twist this time. Rather than naming the song, your challenge is to identify the type of instrument playing the tune.

If you’ve never played the contest before, here’s how it works: Listen to the sound below, and if you know the answer, send it to contests@geekwire.com. From the pool of correct answers, we’ll pick one person at random to win our prize.

Yep, it’s the Imperial March from Star Wars, but the answer we’re looking for is what’s generating the tune in this particular version of the song. As a hint, in case it’s not obvious, this is not a traditional musical instrument. For more context, here’s the Name that Tech Tune segment from this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, with guest Andru Edwards of GearLive joining us in the studio.

We’ll give the answer and name the winner next week. Check back for this week’s show on GeekWire this weekend, or tune in at 7 a.m. Saturday morning on KIRO-FM in Seattle. You can also get every episode of the GeekWire show using this RSS feed, or by subscribing in iTunes or Zune.

By the way, the answer to last week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge was Gears of War. The song, the Gary Jules version of “Mad World,” was used in an ad for Gears of War 2, below. Congrats to our winner, Phil Smith, whose name was selected at random from the 38 correct answers we received. He gets a Gears of War 3 Limited Edition game. Thanks to everyone for playing!